Device for supporting paint-pails.



No. 790,200. .PATENTBD MAY 16, 1905-. R. G. W. FOSTER.-

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING PAINT PAILS.

APPLIOATION FILED mmm, 1,904.

Af Vig/177m.. /fi/f n@ ratented May 16, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT G. FOSTER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING PAINT-PAILSl SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 790,200, dated May 16, 190.5.

Application filed AugustlO, 1904:. Serial No. 220,189.

To all wh'om, it pulg concern.' l

Beit known that I, ROBERT G. W. FOSTER, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevicesffor Supporting Paint-Rails; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the ligures of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention has reference to a device for supporting paint pails uponladders, scaffolds, etc.

In painting buildings it is the usual practice to suspend the pailcontaining paint from a ladder by means of a wire bent in the form of adouble hook, one of the hooks being adapted to engage the bail-handle ofthe pail and the other engaging the round of the ladder. Where apaint-pail is suspended in this manner, the bail-handle assumes aposition in a vertical plane immediately above the open top of the pailand necessarily presents an obstruction to the passage of the brush intothe pail. The operation of dipping the brush is further hampered by thepresence immediately above the open top of the pail of theladder-round.from which the .pail is suspended. By the employment of my improveddevice the paint-pail is rigidly supported in position, the open top ofthe pail being entirely free from pail supported thereby. Fig. Q is aside elevation of the same, the position of the pail with relation tothe device being shown in dotted outline. Fig. Sisaplan viewoi' the bentwire member adapted to embrace the pail.

Referring to the details as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the device comprisesa screw-clamp 1 Jfor the attachment of the device to a ladder, adownwardly-extending member 2 upon the clamp-jaw, curved or formed toembrace the pail-body and extending approximately half- Way around thesame,and an upwardly-extendmeeting each other at 7, being at this pointpassed through and projecting above parallel perforations 8,(indicatedin dotted lines,) provided in the jaw of the screw-clamp, saidperforation being preferably spaced apart and the wire ends shouldered,as at 9, after their insertion to prevent their withdrawal.

The manner of. supporting the paint-pail by means of my improved deviceis shown in Figs. l and 2, the same being firmly'held in place and theusual tendency to swing back and forth being entirely eliminated. Itwill be observed that the top of the pail is entirely free fromobstruction, the handle of the pail being firmly secured in loweredposition.

As illustrated the deviceis arranged for use upon ladders, the clampassuming a horizontal position to permit its attachment to the elongatedside pieces of the ladder. Where it is intended to employ the deviceupon scatlolds, the position of the clamp relative to the member 2 wouldbe altered to cause the clamp to assume a verticalposition to clamp thehorizontal pieces of the scaffold.

From the foregoing description the novelty, utility, and many advantagesof my device should be apparent.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

l. In a device for supporting paint-pails, a clamp provided witha-member, curved to conform to the shape of the pail-body, and havingmeans for engaging the pail-handle, substantially as described.

2. In a device for supporting paint-pails, a clamp provided on one ofits jaws with a member formed to embrace a pail-body, and having anupwardly-extending projection on said jaw for engaging the pail-handle,substantially as described.

3. In a device for supporting paint-pails, a clamp, and a wire member,secured to the clamp, having a portion thereof formed to elnbrace apail-body and having the ends thereof extended upwardly above the clampto provide means for engaging the pail-handle, substantially asdescribed. j

4. In a device for supporting paint-pails, a clamp, and a substantiallytriangular-shaped wire member having the angular portions thereof bentto embrace the body of a pail and having the ends of the wire formingsaid member inserted through the clamp-jaw and projecting in parallelrelation above the same to provide engaging means for the handle,substantially as described.

5. In a device for supporting paint-pails, a clamp, having ascrew-threaded stein operating through one of its jaws, and having apair of perforations in the other jaw, a wire member having the curvedportion 4 to embrace the pail-body, the inclined portions 6 meeting attheir upper ends, and the ends thereofl inserted through theperforations in the clampjaw, said ends being provided with a shoulderedoffset to prevent their withdrawal after insertion, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

ROBERT G. IV. FOS'IER.

Vitnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, W. Gr. THURSTIN.

